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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 530 PM EDT MON OCT 18 2010

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE...


SYNOPSIS FOR CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N
BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.SYNOPSIS...BROAD LOW PRES BETWEEN 79W AND 90W HAS AN EMBEDDED
1010 MB LOW NEAR 16N83W WITH TROUGHS NE TO NEAR JAMAICA AND SSW
TO NORTHERN COSTA RICA. THE LOW PRES AREA IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NW DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS WITH A POTENTIAL FOR THE LOW TO
DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM
21N55W TO 22N71W WILL SLOWLY MOVE S THROUGH TUE NIGHT...THEN
BECOME STATIONARY WHILE DISSIPATING WED AND WED NIGHT.

E CARIBBEAN E OF 75W TO THE LEEWARD AND WINDWARD ISLANDS
.TONIGHT...E OF 70W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...
EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT IN N SWELL THROUGH EXPOSED ATLC PASSAGES.
W OF 70W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS W OF 72W. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE W OF 69W...AND N
OF 13N E OF 66W.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E OF 71W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 6 FT IN N SWELL THROUGH EXPOSED ATLC PASSAGES.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT N OF
13N...AND 2 TO 3 FT S OF 13N.
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 15N W OF 70W BECOMING
E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT S OF 15N W OF 70W
2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...W OF 71W W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 14N
W OF 71W E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT S OF 14N
W OF 71W 2 TO 3 FT. E OF 71W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
N OF 14N E OF 68W INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N
OF 12N...AND 2 TO 3 FT S OF 12N.

TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W
.TONIGHT...N OF 17N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT N OF
21N N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN N SWELL...EXCEPT
N OF 21N 6 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL. S OF 17N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 19N.
ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 20N.
.TUE THROUGH WED NIGHT...N OF 19N NE TO E WINDS INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT IN MIXED NW SWELL AND NE WIND
WAVES. S OF 18N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER W PORTION.
.THU THROUGH SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...
EXCEPT FROM 13N TO 17N 5 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL. ISOLATED SHOWERS
OVER FAR N PORTION.


SYNOPSIS FOR THE SW N ATLC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS
.SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 23N65W TO 22N71W THEN STATIONARY TO
A 1013 MB LOW OVER N CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 22N78W. THE COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY S THROUGH TUE NIGHT WHILE GRADUALLY
DISSIPATING AS NW TO N SWELLS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION SUBSIDE.
A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION...THEN BECOME
ENERGIZED AS A COLD FRONT WED FROM 31N74W TO THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS...EXTEND FROM 31N69W TO THE SE BAHAMAS THU...FROM
29N65W TO HISPANIOLA FRI...THEN WEAKEN E OF AREA SAT AS HIGH
PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

SW N ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 65W INCLUDING BAHAMAS
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N W OF 75W SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. N OF 27N E OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT
N OF 29N VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN N SWELL. S OF
27N TO FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 FT...EXCEPT NE 20 KT WITHIN
180 NM N OF FRONT W OF 71W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL E OF
BAHAMAS...AND 2 TO 4 FT W OF BAHAMAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS ALONG AND S OF FRONT W OF 69W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS ELSEWHERE ALONG AND WITHIN 120 NM S OF FRONT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT FAR NW PORTION BECOMING SHIFTING TO S TO SW 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N E OF BAHAMAS E TO SE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 27N W OF BAHAMAS NE TO E WINDS
5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N E OF BAHAMAS
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
NEAR TROUGH. .WED THROUGH THU...W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 26N E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 26N E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.FRI...N OF 25N W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. S OF 25N W OF FRONT NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SE OF FRONT TO 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW
SWELL. ELSEWHERE SE OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG AND NEAR FRONT.
.SAT...S OF 25N W OF 75W NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT S OF 21N E OF
68W E 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.


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